It’s no secret: The genius of Mad Men lies in creator Matthew Weiner’s painstaking attention to historical accuracy. The world that Don Draper and company inhabit is something of an unfiltered ode to 1960s culture—the fashion, the news, the music, and, for design fanatics like us, the interiors.
So when in this week’s episode, Don’s latest love interest, Diana, said that his New York City apartment was “like Architectural Digest,” we went straight to the AD archive to find something that might suit the tastes of Draper himself.
Sure enough, in the September/October 1970 issue we found a flat that fits the bill. The sleek Central Park West aerie (Draper’s is at 73rd and Park) was home to a young couple with a penchant for entertaining—Mr. and Mrs. S.P. Fili, he the owner of an interior design firm and she, an associate of a New York theater agency. Although the palette is decidedly lighter than it is chez Draper, the shared midcentury accents are undeniable. So Diana was right: Don’s place is like Architectural Digest.